•Tinubu Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and eminent citizens have questioned executives’ use of taxpayers’ resources for so-called private visits of the president and governors, describing it as an “abuse of office” and prodigal use of scarce resources. They decried the rate at which other public officers, top civil servants and ...
•Late President Hage Geingob Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob is dead. A presidential release today confirmed his demise. Geingob, who was serving his second term as president, revealed last month that he was receiving treatment for cancer. He was 82. “It is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that our beloved Dr. Hage […]...
•DSS Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, over the creation of a vigilante group in Nasarawa State. •Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Bodejo was arrested today at the Miyetti Allah’s Head Office, Tundun Maliya Cattle Market, Kilometre 22, Abuja-Keffi Expressway, Tundun-...
There was mild drama today in Monrovia, Liberia as the newly elected president of the country, Joseph Boakai failed to complete his inauguration speech, as he suffered heart stroke. Joseph Boakai, 79, was surrounded by aides and escorted from the ceremony which ended prematurely, reports BBC. He was however earlier sworn in as president of [&h...
•President Joseph Boakai Joseph Boakai was sworn in today as Liberia’s president after his election victory over former football star George Weah, with the challenge of tackling poverty and corruption. The 79-year-old was sworn in for a six-year term after he narrowly beat former Ballon d’Or winner Weah in November’s run-off poll with 50.64 pe...
•Ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma Sierra Leone’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged for his alleged role in what authorities call an attempted coup, left the country and arrived in Nigeria yesterday. Koroma landed in Abuja yesterday afternoon, welcomed by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu and the president of the ECOWAS Commission O...
•Bazoum Ousted Nigerien President Mohammad Bazoum, his wife and son have been released from house arrest. According to a statement by the Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar today, Bazoum’s wife and the son were released after months of being held under house arrest. The Nigerien President and members of his family w...
•Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bal Koroma The Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) has concluded plans to relocate former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bal Koroma to Nigeria tomorrow Thursday, January 4, 2024, reports Nigerian Tribune. This is part of the agreement reached by the mission to Freetown on December 23, 2023 of...
•Claudine Gay The President of Harvard University resigned yesterday after she faced criticism over allegations of plagiarism and her handling of anti-Semitism on campus, the prestigious US school’s student newspaper reported. Claudine Gay was criticized in recent months after reports surfaced alleging that she did not properly cite scholarly ...
•Evariste Ndayishimiye Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye launched a virulent anti-gay tirade yesterday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly stoned to death. He also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid, reports AFP. Homosexuality in Burundi, a conservative Christian coun...

